We can have a lot of fun on social networks like Facebook, which offer us many opportunities that, if based on healthy relationships, esteem and mutual respect, are a source of growth and learning.
The problem arises when the content of these social networks does not generate positive behavior in our daily lives, let’s take the example of the mobile phone. People waste a lot of time in their day updating and viewing their friends’ posts or their favorite pages.
- We have become slaves to our social networks and have stopped living the simple things of life.
- The little miracles of everyday life such as breathing.
- Quenching our thirst or feeling a rose.
- As José Luus Sampedro would say.
Science confirms that s quitting facebook would be a positive thing, the way we let social media invade our lives impairs their original purpose, we relate to our friends, and we see them update their lives and emotions across a screen, while our friends do the same thing that certainly makes us lose the beauty of direct contact.
Most people think they don’t waste time living through screens, apps, browsers and keyboards. In the past, the most common practice was to read a book before bedtime; today, we look at social media.
In addition, we even find it difficult to watch a movie sitting on our couch without looking at the phone or tablet for two hours. This, of course, affects our well-being.
A study by the Happiness Research Institute suggests that using Facebook is not always positive for our mood. The survey was supported by 1,000 people, 500 of whom stopped using Facebook for a week and 500 continued to use it regularly.
After a week, 88% of people who stopped using Facebook said they felt good, compared to the 81% who continued to update their social network, although this data is not as relevant, considering the percentage of people who are abstinences who say they are satisfied with their lives, we will find that:
The reason for this difference, according to the study, is the drive and frustration of not enjoying life as much as the edited versions of other people’s lives that we see through the screen demonstrate. In this way, if we stay away from social networks, we become more enthusiastic, less concerned, more determined and less alone because we will spend more time with the people around us than looking at a screen.
Another problem we develop when we use social media is that we forget about our privacy and that of others, when we do not identify certain information we depersonalize the recipient of the message (we think he is a good and reliable person).
This fact leads us to use Facebook as a newspaper or confessional journal, forgetting that not everything should be disclosed. As a result, there are many gossips and misinterpretations.
The conclusion we draw from these studies and the reality we live day by day is that the use of new technologies and social networks must be done with moderation and common sense, avoid invading your personal life with the unreal and enjoy more than you can enjoy personally. .
Main image by John Holcroft.